Terra Palm Springs
All is well(ness)
The camera-ready Movie Colony
Wellness is at the core of Terra Palm Springs and that core is yogi-strong — every aspect of a stay at this adults-only Californian retreat is designed to nurture and revive. What that looks like is wholly up to you, but the hotel’s Himalayan-salt sauna, cold-plunge bath, ASMR-inducing rain room and pool with a view of the San Jacinto Mountains should all be stops on your journey as you ease into Palm Springs’ classic holiday mode.
Facilities
Rooms
13, including eight suites.
Checkout
11am. Check-in is from 4pm to 7pm (contactless check-in can be arranged after this time). Both are flexible, subject to availability.
More Details
Rates include a wholesome breakfast of avocado on toast, hard-boiled eggs, yoghurt and granola; and a welcome drink. Some weekend stays (from Saturday) are a two-night minimum).
Also
Terra Palm Springs’ Firepit Suite is ADA-compliant and fully accessible. Please note that there are no elevators at the hotel.
Free Internet Access
Laundry
Pet Friendly
Pool
Spa
At the Hotel
Free-to-borrow bikes and tennis rackets, charged washing and pressing service, and free WiFi. In rooms: TV, ceiling fan, air-conditioning, smart Loftie alarm clock (loaded with sleep-aiding programmes), yoga mats and blocks, minibar, bathrobes, slippers and La Labo Santal 33 and Hinoki Lab bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
Set your intention when booking. If it’s to get your heart rate up and serotonin flowing, go with the Movement Suite, which has a private workout patio; if it’s to seize each day with a bracing dip, go with the Cold Plunge Suite for its small but slap-you-awake pool; and if it’s to drink wine and sit, then, hey, the Firepit Suite is for you.
Poolside
As you float in the petite, heated, iconically retro kidney-shaped pool or sip a cocktail in a sunlounger, you can see the San Jacinto Mountains in the background, acting as burly stone bodyguards, telling life’s stresses that access is denied. And you can bubble your worries away in the neighbouring hot tub, too.
Spa
The pursuit of wellness is why you’re here, and the hotel’s fine-tuned to make you feel good, from alarm clocks that play breathwork exercises and guided meditations, to in-room add-ons of electromagnetic-pulse or red-light therapy. Plot out a path that best fits you, mixing up warm spells in the Himalayan-salt sauna and hot tub, cool awakenings in the cold-plunge pool, and some peace-inducing patter in the rain room. Enhance it all with herbaceous boosts from Ayurvedic treatments.
Packing Tips
It’s more about unpacking here, but bring whatever makes your wellness journey more comfortable: flowy clothes, trainers you can bike in, swimwear for days.
Also
You can help yourself to free tea and coffee in the lobby from 7.30am to 7pm.
Children
You hear that? No? Exactly — that’s the sound of a stay for over-18s only.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
Pitch up beside the pool and take in the dreamy desert vistas.
Dress Code
Lululemon, pajama-adjacent fits or a kaftan-sarong situation in ice-cream colours.
Hotel Restaurant
Dining is very casual, with tables by the pool and light, nutrient-rich fare ferried in from Workshop Kitchen across the road. If we had James Beard-award-winning chef-owner Michael Beckman as a neighbor, we’d be angling for an invite to try his green-chilli cheeseburger, and confit-duck-leg salad with pomegranate and ras-al-hanout. But if you’d prefer to Uber Eats something in, you’re welcome to enjoy your delivery wherever.
Hotel Bar
‘Wellness cocktails’ — surely an oxymoron, but here spirits mixed with spirulina, adaptogenic mushrooms, marine collagen, magnesium and chlorophyll make happy hour a healthy one, too, at the bar beside the pool. But those willpower-ing through can add the Zen juice cleanse onto their stay: a week’s worth of zingy, organic raw juices.
Last Orders
Breakfast is served from 7.30am to 10am. Lunches can be delivered from 10am to 3pm, Monday and Thursday to Saturday, or till 2pm on a Sunday. Drinks are served at the bar from 7.30am to 7pm.
Room Service
Pick up light dishes like chicken and apple salad or hummus bowls from the fridge in the reception lobby. Your minibar is packed with nourishing snacks: kombucha, sweet-potato chips, dried tropical fruit, mushroom and microdose gummies…
Planes
Palm Springs International Airport is just a 10-minute drive away, which largely services domestic US flights (and some direct from Canada). If arriving from abroad, connect via LAX, around an hour’s journey.
Trains
The Palm Springs Amtrak station (a stop on the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes) sits just north of the hotel, a 10-minute drive away. The journey from LA’s Union Station is around three hours.
Automobiles
Road trips from LA to Palm Springs will take around two-and-a-half hours, traffic-dependent; having a hire car will allow you to experience much more of Palm Springs. There’s free parking on-site.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
Hop on one of the hotel’s bikes (free to use, but best to book in advance) and pedal around Palm Springs’ mid-century marvels, desert vistas and dinosaurs (the huge, fake ones guarding the entrance to the Cabazon Dinosaur Park), or the Transformer-like sculptures at Robolights. Staff are happy to recommend routes and provide free-to-use tennis racquets for the courts in nearby Ruth Hardy Park.
Notable homes nearby include the Kirk Douglas estate, Cary Grant’s former home, Dinah Shore’s retro-fabulous house, and the spaceship-shaped Alexander Estate, where Elvis honeymooned. Head south, along and past the Walk of Stars, for cacti-strewn trailheads and the Moorten Botanical Garden; and to see the significant collection at Palm Springs Art Museum. And for a better view of those distant mountains, ride the Aerial Tramway.
Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt
This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .
